India, April 17 -- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President MK Stalin on Friday called the delimitation draft bill a 'calculated deception' by the central government.

Rejecting the draft bill, the Tamil Nadu chief minister urged the Centre not to rush the bill through in haste.

"Today is a defining moment in Tamil Nadu's political history. It is the day we will see the outcome of our relentless resistance against delimitation", Stalin said.

Amid DMK's sustained protests over the draft bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah have continued to assure in Parliament that Tamil Nadu's representation will not be reduced.

"But their words say one thing, their actions reveal another. The bill they have introduced...